GA HR1176

Recognizes and commends Bishop Reginald Thomas Jackson for his years of dedicated service to the Lord and the community

Bishop Jackson serves as presiding prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, encompassing over 500 churches in Georgia

Named Man of the Year in 2000 by New Jersey Monthly magazine and received the William Ashby Award from the United Way and the Martin Luther King Award from the Newark North Ward Center

Holds honorary doctorates from Wilberforce University and Payne Theological Seminary, and is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and a Life Member of the NAACP

Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to Bishop Jackson